Okay, time to evaluate the situation.
The problem: Discord is far more powerful than he should be, and I'm not quite sure how much juice he actually has right now.
What do I have to work with?
I've got Nameless, my two alicorn nieces, and the trinkets my sister left to keep them safe.
Wonderful.
First of all, I needed to move this fight. I can tell our fight is about to become a whole helluva lot more intense, and Celestia, Luna, and the Element bearers are probably going to be caught in the crossfire. Even though the chamber we're in is relatively spacious, a Celestial battle is.......destructive, to say the least. At the very least, I need to move the fight to open air.
Without taking my eyes off of Discord, I edged backwards until I was just in front of Celestia and Luna.
“Girls, get close to me. We're going topside.” The Alicorns nodded, and used their wings to herd the speechless and terrified ponies between themselves. I used my free hand to reach back and touch Luna's neck.
With a thought, sunshine hit our faces. Immediately, all but Luna retched violently.
One tiny thing I forgot to mention; the first time you Feather, it is extremely unpleasant.
Knowing Discord would be at most seconds behind us, I whirled around and began barking commands. “Luna, get everypony in the city under cover. Its about to hit the fan and I don't want anything getting caught in the crossfire.” The midnight blue Alicorn nodded wordlessly before rocketing into the sky.
“Celestia, get these six somewhere safe. If I fail, you're going to need to summon the Others. Do not hesitate. Understand? If I go down, you send the signal immediately, or else this whole damn mudball is going to be chaos-ed to nothing.” Celestia replied she understood, and teleported away with the Bearers.
I was only alone for a moment before the pavement behind me turned to ice cream and melted. Out of the hole arose Discord with a pissed off look on his disgusting face.
I tightened my grip on Nameless and turned to face Discord.
My wings snapped out to their full majestic span. The clouds above dissolved as a column of brilliant, heavenly light shined around me. The light reflected off my armor and Nameless' blade. Every shadow and trace of darkness in the entire city of Canterlot, every room, every closed cupboard, even the light-starved sewers became as bright as the desert at high noon.
The Power of a High Angel, feared across Creation.
Discord disappeared. With all my heightened senses I searched for him, but to my great surprise, I couldn't find him.
With wide eyes, I carefully scanned my surroundings. The spacious boulevard I stood in was empty. Thinking Discord might attempt to attack from below, I pumped my wings and raised myself a thousand feet up. From my high vantage point, I scanned the city below.
All my senses told me the city was empty, only ponies and my nieces remained. I checked on both Luna and Celestia, but both were completely fine. Luna was continuing her mission of telling the residents to take shelter, and Celestia was the Palace Throne Room with the Element Bearers.
For several minutes I searched the city and the air above, but I could find nothing.
Maybe he wasn't in Canterlot. I ascended to a full mile in the air and raised Nameless above my head. A pinpoint of light appeared at her tip which rapidly exploded into an inferno as glorious as the sun itself.
Every shadow on the planet was banished. I could see everything, everywhere. Every single molecule of Equus was in my sight, but Discord was not. With a deep grunt of effort, I expanded my Sight to the entire solar system. Power unrivaled outside of the Highest Heavens poured into all of the surrounding space, giving me insight astronomers could only dream of. But, no matter how far I looked, Discord was gone.
…......
I.......really?
I slowly lowered Nameless and hesitantly returned her to her sheath.
Huh.
With a confused look on my face, I slowly dropped back to Earth. I touched down in the palace courtyard, and ignored the surprised looks of the guards as I walked inside. Deep in thought I found myself-
I mean, really? He just left? Who does that?!
Distracted by my own internal confusion, I accidentally walked into the large wooden doors of the throne room. Or, maybe not 'into' so much as 'through'. I was knocked out of my reverie by the crashing sound of the doors and the uncomfortable sting of a hastily-cast blast of magic.
“Huh?” Admittedly, not my most eloquent response.
I looked up and saw Celestia in a battle stance, placed firmly between myself and the Bearers with a befuddled look on her face.
“Uncle?” She asked while rising out of her stance, “Is the battle over? We heard no sounds of battle, but you used your All-Seeing Spell.”
“Once again Celestia, its not a Sp-” Cue Darkness.
So, how much do you guys hate me now? I know, I dangled a prize fight in front of you like raw steak in front of a dog, and I'm sorry. I'm also sorry this chapter is so short. It had to happen this way, though. The next chapter will be normal length. Btw, this is also the point where Cornelius stops seeming OP.